Downtown MRT line: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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On 12 October 2012, the first of 11 trains for the Downtown Line Stage 1 arrived at [[Jurong Port]]. It was transported to [[Kim Chuan Depot]] to undergo testing by [[Land Transport Authority|LTA]] before it was handed over to [[SBS Transit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltaweb/en/public-transport/projects/downtown-line/project-milestones.html | title=First Downtown Line train lands in Singapore |publisher=Land Transport Authority |accessdate=16 November 2013}}</ref> {{As of|2013|2|28}}, Bombardier had delivered five of the 11 trains for Downtown Line Stage 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=e09e1b35-7714-4701-a370-88699e32543c |title=Shorter Waiting Time With 15 More Trains For Downtown Line |publisher=Land Transport Authority |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=28 March 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411044401/http://app.lta.gov.sg:80/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=e09e1b35-7714-4701-a370-88699e32543c |archivedate=11 April 2013 |df= }}</ref> LTA together with the operator, SBS Transit, conducted the necessary tests to ensure safety standards, functional performance and systems compatibility requirements were met before revenue service began on 22 December 2013.<ref name="The Straits Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/land-transport-masterplan-2013/story/land-transport-masterplan-downtown-line-stage-1-o|title=Land Transport Masterplan: Downtown Line Stage 1 to open on Dec 22|publisher=The Straits Times|accessdate=16 November 2013}}</ref>

Testing on the Downtown Line Stage 2 has begun during operational hours since 25 October 2015 and rolling stock that was delivered to [[Gali Batu Depot]] have commenced service on Stage 1 starting on 21 October 2015. [[Kim Chuan Depot]], together with the adjacent [[Tai Seng Facility Building]] will operate on a minor capacity until the Downtown Line Stage 3 opens. A new depot, named the [[East Coast Integrated Depot]] will provide additional stabling capacity to the line in 2024.

Testing on the Downtown Line Stage 3 has begun during operational hours since 15 August 2017, exactly two months before Stage 3's Open House, themed "Rail Of Fun". Most of the other rolling stock that had not carried passengers before and were stabled in Gali Batu Depot as early as 2015 finally entered revenue service progressively from that date onwards.

==Changes to the first train timings on Sundays==